Feeding and Nutrition :: Picky rescue RES:

[afton]

Hello all!
I just received a one and a half year old RES for my birthday, He is really gun shy of people and will NOT eat pellets. I have bought every kind of food imaginable from feeder fish, fresh vegetables and krill. He will nibble on the Krill but everything else is excluded. It has been about two weeks now, I have ensured the water temp. is warm enough so I do not believe he is trying to hibernate.... I am totally out of ideas! Any thoughts?

Thanks

Afton

[Daniel3507]

try soaking the pellets in water from a can of tuna. most of the time that will work.

[littlecakes]

Hi there
I have a rescue that I took in back in May that was really shy and didn't want to eat anything either. The only thing that got her appetite moving was cooked shrimp. It's not something you would want to give a lot of or frequently for the rest of it's life because it's too fatty and you'd need to get them to eat veggies and other things BUT when I first got my turtle and she was sick, scared, and traumatized that was the only thing that she wouldn't turn down. I was able to wean her off it and get her to start eating vegetables later on. Or you can try making the turtle jello that if you put into the site search will come up. That was a good transition food for us.
Best of luck and be patient. My very very shy girl now will eat from my hand and will climb into my lap when I let her walk around. I think she is the coolest thing in the world.
Hanna

[moldygrape]

TRY THE JELLO SHOTS THEY HAVE ON THIS SITE LOTS OF PEOPLE SAY THEYRE GREAT!!! ALSO THE TUNA THING WORKS WONDERS ALSO TRY A ROSY RED MINNOW OR SHRIMP TRY ALL THE FAT STUFF JUST TO GET IT TO EAT BUT USALLY WHEN A RES IS PUT INTO A NEW TANK OR PLACE IT WONT EAT FOR A WEEK , THIS DOSENT MAKE IT OK YOU SHOULD TRY ALL THE FAT FOODS BUT ONCE IOT STARTS TO EAT EASE OFF THE FAT AND GIVE SOME VEGGIES http://www.redearslider.com/plants.html THIS WILL SHOW YOU ALOT OF PLANTS THAT TURTS NEED TO EAT! GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!